Common errors include letting your child fall asleep on his own at bedtime, but then rocking him during the night; staying with him until he falls asleep at bedtime but insisting that he fall back asleep alone later in the night; letting him fall asleep alone at bedtime and early in the night, but moving him into your bed when he wakes near morning; handling his pleas or crying differently from night to night, or responding differently when you think he is making enough noise to wake his siblings; and, in two-parent families, having each parent enforce the program in his or her own way. If you
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